MUSWEN calls for patience, understanding with Tinubu …says long-lasting relief on the way
*Photo: President Bola Tinubu*
The Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) has called on Nigerians to exercise a little more patience and show some understanding with the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government over the current harsh economic situation in the country, saying that it fervently believes that there will be long-lasting relief very soon.
In a press statement by its President, Alhaji Rasaki Oladejo, at the weekend, MUSWEN noted that even though “the country is currently going through tough times and Nigerians are feeling the pangs of a particularly harsh economic situation”, it is reassured by “the divine admonition in Surat Al-Inshirah (Quran 94 vs. 5-6), in which Almighty Allah assures that “Verily, with every hardship there is relief”.
The organisation pointed out that the current situation in the country now is not the creation of the 10 month-old administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, but rather the cumulative effects of policy mismatches by previous administrations.
According to MUSWEN, “There is no doubt that the country is currently going through tough times and Nigerians are feeling the pangs of a particularly harsh economic situation. Compounding the pains on our countrymen and women is the pesky security situation.
“We know that the situation in which the country now finds itself is not the creation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“The current hardship is as a result of the tendency for past administations both military and civil, to sacrifice the long-term strategic interests of the nation for short-term tenure-sustaining or tenure-elongation goals.
“Most often it was not about the lack of clear vision on which journey to take. It was owing largely to the lack of courage or the political will to pursue the right course. And that is the distinction and the difference between this administration and its predecessors.
“We therefore call on all Nigerians not only to give the administration a chance but support the ongoing reforms which will definetely take us to the next level.”
